LIST OP BOOKS, INSECTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS FOR 1916. 



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STANDARD BOOKS ON AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND OTHER SUBJECTS 



The Prices Include Postage. 



Agriculture for Young Folks, by 



A. D. Wilson. The best book 

 for the amateur and ideal for 

 school work, illustrated $1.00 



Alfalfa — Its growth, uses, his- 

 tory, etc 50 



Amateur Fruit Growing, by S. 



B. Green, a practical guide to 

 growing for home use and 

 the market. 111., 134 pp., cloth, 

 50c; paper 25 



American "Wild Flowers, Field 

 Book of — Matthews. 224 Ills. 

 Cloth 1-75 



Asparagus Culture — Hexamer. 

 111. Cloth 50 



Botany: The Story of Plant Life 

 —Wright. Cloth 50 



Bulbs and Tuberous i Rooted 

 Plants — 111. Allen. Cloth 1.50 



Cabbnge, Cauliflower and Allied 

 Vegetables — Allen 50 



Celery Culture — Beattle, Cloth. .50 



Commercial Rose Culture — Un- 

 der Glass and Outdoors. By 

 Eber Holmes. Very complete. 

 111. Cloth 1.50 



Elements of Agriculture, by J. 

 H. Sheppard and J. C. McDow- 

 ell, a complete treatise on 

 practical agriculture. Cloth. 

 100 pp 100 



Farm Grasses of the V. S. — 111. 

 Cloth. Spillman 1.00 



Farm and Garden Rule Book — 

 Bailey. A useful book for gar- 

 deners and fruit growers. 



Flowers, Hon to Grow Them — 



Rexford. Cloth 50 



Feeding and Management of 

 Live Stock, by Thomas Shaw. 

 Gives the principles covering 

 selection, feeding, breeding, 

 management and marketing. 

 100 pp., cloth, $1.00; stiff 

 cover 50 



Forage Crops — Shaw. Cloth.... 1.00 



Fruit Culture. Successful — 111. 

 Cloth. Maynard 1.00 



Garden Making — Bailey. 111. 

 Cloth 1.50 



Garden, Money In the — Qulnn. 

 Cloth 1.00 



Gardening for Old and Young — 

 Harris. Cloth 1.00 



Gold Mine in the Front Yard, 

 The by C. S. Harrison. A book 

 about flowers, both for orna- 

 mentation and commercial cul- 

 ture. 111., 280 pp., cloth 1.00 



Grasses and How to Grow Them, 

 by Thomas Shaw, covering 

 name and character of all the 

 principal grasses in America. 

 111., 453 pp., cloth 1.50 



Greenhouse Construction — Cloth 

 111. Taft 1.50 



Greenhouse Management — 111., 

 Cloth. Taft 1.50 



House Plants, Success With — 

 Hillhouse. For Amateurs. Pa- 

 per 50 



Cloth 2.00 



FUNGICIDES AND INSECTICIDES 



Home Floriculture — Rexford. 



Ill 1.00 



Insects and Insecticides — 111. 

 Cloth. Weed 1.50 



Mushrooms, How to Grow— Fal- 

 coner. Cloth 1.00 



Plant Culture— Oliver. A work- 

 ing hand-book for all who 

 grow flowering and ornamen- 

 tal plants. 308 pages. Ill 1.50 



Poultry, Making Pay — 111. Cloth. 

 Powell 1.00 



Poultry Manual — By Franklane 

 L. Sewell and Ida E. Tilson. A 

 safe guide to successful poul- 

 try culture in all its branches. 

 148 pp., 50c; paper 25 



Practical Floriculture — Hender- 

 son. Revised edition. 111. 

 Cloth 1.50 



Quack Grass Eradication — P. B. 

 Crane 100 



Rhubarb Culture — Thompson. 111. 

 Paper. 25c. Cloth 50 



Soil, The — King. 111. Cloth 1.25 



Spraying Crops, Why, When and 

 How — Weed . ., 50 



Strawberry Culturist — Fuller.. .25 



Tobacco Culture 25 



Vegetable Gardening — By S. B. 

 Green. On the growing- of veg- 

 etables for home use and the 

 market. 111. 252 pp. Cloth, 

 $1.00; paper 50 



Weeds and How to Eradicate 

 Them— 111. Thos. Shaw. Cloth, 

 50c; paper cover 25 



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Aphine — A powerful liquid Insecticide. Will destroy 

 Aphis. Red Spider, Thrips, Mealy Bug and Scale with- 

 out the slightest injury to plants. Vz pt., 40c; 1 pt, 65c; 

 1 qt., $1.00; gal $2.50 



Arsenate of Lead — Remedy for all insects that eat leaves 

 or attack fruit trees. Unusually adhesive and will not 

 burn. 3 pounds to 50 gals, of water. 1 lb., 25c; 5 lbs., 

 $1.00; 10 lbs.... 1.85 



Bordeaux Mixture (Liquid) — Ready for use after adding 

 water. Dilute 25 to 50 times, as required. 1 quart, 40c; 

 1 gallon 1.00 



Black Leaf 40 — Concentrated Nicotine Sulphate. Recom- 

 mended by all experts as the best for spraying, sheep 

 dipping and similar uses. % lb. tin, 75c; 2 lb. tin 2.50 



Bug Death — A non-poisonous insect-killing powder, used 

 for potatoes, cabbage, cucumbers, etc. Use 12 lbs. per 

 acre. Per lb., 15c; 3 lbs., 35c; 5 lbs., 50c; 12% lbs., $1.00; 

 100 lbs 7.50 



Carbon Bisulphide — A most effective remedy for ants in 

 the lawn. With a sharp stick make deep holes in hill 

 about six inches apart and pour a teaspoonful in each. 

 1 lb. tin, each 35 



Cut Worm Killer (Sterling-worth) — A coarse powder to be 

 sprinkled near plants to be protected. Has an enticing 

 odor and worms prefer it to vegetation. Chickens and 

 birds will not be poisoned by eating the worms killed 

 by It. 1 lb. sprinkler box, 25c; 5 lb. tin.. 1.00 



Grape Dust — A sure preventive and cure for mildew. Per 

 lb., 10c; 5 lbs., 35c; 10 lbs., 65c; 100 lbs 6.00 



Fir Tree Oil Soap — Dissolve one (1) oz. in gal. of water. 

 % lb. pkg. 25 



Fnngine — An infallible remedy for mildew, rust, -wilt, 

 bench rot, etc. Equally effective under glass and out- 

 of-doors. 1 gal. makes 50 gals, of solution. % pt., 35c; 

 pt., 55c; qt., 75c; gal 2.00 



Post Rates. Liquids in Bottles Not Mailable. 



Hellebore — Being less poisonous than Paris Green, is safer 

 to use on fruit and vegetables. Dust on dry, or dissolve 

 1 oz. to 3 gallons of water and apply with syringe. Per 

 1 lb., 25c; by mail 40 



Kerosene Emulsion — Ready for use by adding 25 parts 

 water to 1 of emulsion. 1 qt., 40c; 1 gal.. 1.00 



Lime and Sulphur (Horlcum) — 1 pt., 20c; 1 qt., 30c; 1 gal. .85 



Nico-Fume — Liquid; % lb., 50c; 1 lb., $1.50; 4 lbs., $5.50; 

 8 lbs 10.50 



Nico-Fume — Tobacco paper Insecticide for fumigating 

 greenhouses. Does not injure blooms and furnishes the 

 easiest method of fumigating ever devised. Tins of 24 

 sheets, 85c; 144 sheets, $4.00; 288 sheets 7.50 



Nikoteen Liquid — 1% oz. bottle, 40c; % lb., 85c; 1 lb 1.50 



Paris Green — 1 lb., 25c; 5 lbs. .i 1.15 



Slug Shot — Valuable for destroying slugs. Per 5 lb. to 10 

 lb. pkgs., 7c per lb.; 25 lbs. to 50 lbs., 6c per lb.; 100 lbs. 5.50 

 In 1 lb. cartons, with perforated top for applying, each .15 



Sulphur — Powdered; per lb., 10c; 5 lbs., 40c; 25 lbs., $1.25; 

 100 lbs 4.00 



Sulpho-Tobacco Soap — Invaluable to all lovers of plants. 

 All insects succumb to it. Directions with each pack- 

 age. 3 oz. cake, 10c; by mail. 13c; 8 oz. cake, 20c; by 

 mail 28 



Tobacco Dust — For insects on plants; apply with duster; 

 per lb., 10c; 5 lbs 40 



Tobacco Stems — Per lb., 3c; per bbl., $1.00; in bales, per 

 100 lbs 1.25 



Whale Oil Soap — Dissolve % oz. in gal. of water; % lb., 

 15c; per lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c; 10 lbs 1.00 



X L All Liquid Insecticide — English nicotine spraying 

 preparation for Mealy Bug, Red Spider and other in- 

 sects. Harmless to foliage. Vz gal., $2.25; gal 4.00 



FERTILIZERS 



Currle's Complete Fertilizer for Garden and Lawn — A complete manure, especially adapted for the top dressing of lawns. 

 It is odorless, clean and convenient to use. Sow broadcast, in early spring, just as the grasses are starting into growth; 

 it will be found of great benefit in producing a nice healthy growth of turf. It is much easier to use than a top dressing 

 of stable manure, which very often introduces a large crop of vile weeds into lawns, besides being very unsightly. Quantities 

 required and prices: 



10x25 feet, use 5 lbs.; price $0.30 I 40x100 feet, use 50 lbs.; price $2.00 



20x25 feet, use 10 lbs.; price 50 80x100 feet, use 100 lbs.; price 3.50 



50x50 feet, use 25 lbs.; price 1.25 I 600 lbs., sufficient for one acre 17.50 



Currle's Soluble Food for House Plants — A high grade fertilizer; put up in small packages to suit the cultivator of house 



plants. Each, 15c and 25c; by mail, 25c and 40 



Acid Phosphate — 25 lbs., 50c; 100 lbs., $1.50; 500 lbs., $6.50; 1000 lbs., $12.00; ton 22.00 



Pure Bone Meal — 5 lbs., 25c; 10 lbs., 45c; 25 lbs., 85c; 50 lbs., $1.35; 100 lbs., $2.25; 200 lbs 4.00 



Cattle Manure (Shredded)— For top dressing, mulching, etc. 25 lbs., 60c; 100 lbs., $2.00; 500 lbs.. $7.50; 1000 lbs 14.00 



Horn Shavings — Used during summer season in vases, flower-beds, etc., after natural fertility of soil is exhausted. 5 lbs., 



45c; 25 lbs., $1.65; 100 lbs. 6.00 



Kalnlt — Write for prices. 



Nitrate of Soda — Should be sown when plants are in growth. 5 lbs., 40c; 25 lbs., $1.65; 100 lbs., $5.50. Write for ton prices. 



Plant Food Tablets (Sterling worth) — Use by dissolving In water. Small box by mail, 10c; large box by mail 25 



Sheep Manure (Pulverized) — Makes the richest and safest liquid manure. Use one pound to five gallons of water. 25 



lbs., 60c; 100 lbs., $2.00; 500 lbs., $7.50; 1000 lbs 7 12.50 



Sulphate of Potash — Write for prices. Muriate of Potash — Wri te for prices. 



West's Soil Tonic — "A neutralizes not a fertilizer," Dor ferns and all other house plants. 1 lb. pkg., 10c; by mail 25 



